Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, Mercian dies, Buga, 1.51g, 10h, +EL FR ED RE, small cross pattée, rev. BVGA|MON, in two lines divided by a pellet and trefoil (Stewartby I, 142 same dies; N.637; S.1066), struck with rusty dies, otherwise toned, about very fine.
provenance
The Raymond Gardner Collection
SNC, April 2004, HS 1562 - £650
T J D Dupree, SNC, December 1989, no. 6554 - £390
J J North, collection part-purchased by Spink, 1964
Estimate: £700 - £900